Thailand men's national ice hockey team

Thailand
AssociationIce Hockey Association of Thailand
General managerKrisada Kasemsunt
Head coachLikit Niemwan
CaptainKen Kindborn
Most gamesTewin Chartsuwan (78)
Top scorerTewin Chartsuwan (82)
Most pointsTewin Chartsuwan (141)
Team colors       
IIHF codeTHA
Ranking
Current IIHF40 1 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF43 (2024)
Lowest IIHF51 (2019)
First international
Japan  39–0  
(Aomori, Japan; 2 February 2003)
Biggest win
  29–0  Bahrain
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 29 January 2011)
  29–0  India
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 25 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan  52–1  
(Changchun, China; 29 January 2007)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances5 (first in 2019)
Best result40th (2025)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances5 (first in 2003)
Best result5th (2003, 2017)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances11 (first in 2008)
Best result 2nd (2009, 2012, 2018)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances1 (first in 2017)
Best result 1st (2019)
International record (W–L–T)
62–50–1
Medal record
Challenge Cup of Asia
2009 Abu Dhabi
2012 Dehradun
2018 Pasay
2010 Taipei
2011 Kuwait City
2017 Bangkok
Southeast Asian Games
2019 Philippines Team
2017 Kuala Lumpur Team

The Thailand national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Thailand. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Association of Thailand and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Thailand is currently ranked at fifty-first in the IIHF World Rankings and have been entered in the World Championship tournaments since 2019 but have not yet participated at any Olympic Games. They have played in the Challenge Cup of Asia, a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia.

The first official hockey league in Thailand, the Bangkok Ice Hockey league (BIHL) was founded in 2014. The majority of the practices and games for the handful of teams in the BIHL are held at the two rinks inside of Central Rama 9 and Imperial World in Samrong, two of Bangkok's popular shopping malls.[2] Currently, most of Thailand's national hockey players are playing on the BIHL with a player as young as 15 years old.

Tournament record

World Championships

  • 2019 – 49th place (3rd in Division III, Qualification)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[3]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
  • 2022 – 43rd place (2nd in Division III, Group B)
  • 2023 – 44th place (4th in Division III, Group A)
  • 2024 – 41st place (1st in Division III, Group A)
  • 2025 – 40th place (6th in Division II, Group B)

Asian Winter Games

Year Host Result Pld W D L GF GA GD
2003 Aomori 5th 3 1 0 2 6 65 -59
2007 Changchun 9th 4 2 0 2 11 59 -48
2011 Astana 7th 6 5 0 1 70 22 +48
2017 Sapporo 5th 5 5 0 0 35 12 +23
2025 Harbin 6th 6 0 0 6 4 56 -52
Total 24 13 0 11 126 214 -88

Challenge Cup of Asia

Southeast Asian Games

Team

Current roster

No. Pos. Name Team
1 GK David Benjamin Kleineschay Aware
25 GK James McAlear Norwich University
20 GK Dominik Vollenweiderr Team Thailand
12 D Sarawut Danielsson UU Hockey
5 D Edvin Ken Kindborn KCG
14 D Sarawut Phasookwong Manglerud Star Ishockey
8 D Punn Phasukkijwatana Team Thailand
23 D Satira Tawon Andersson Solna SK (SWE)
16 D Araya Vatanapanyakul Lexicon Lumberjack
22 D N. Yannakornthanapunt Magna
28 FW Kim Aarola Hyvinkään Jää-Ahmat
11 FW Patrick Forstner KCG
7 FW Papan Hongswadhi Team Thailand
61 FW Mikael Jan Isaksson Aware
10 FW Athit Khunra KCG
13 FW Charles Nichols Lampson Lexicon Lumberjack
18 FW Chanokchon Limpinphet Mandalay
17 FW Nathaphat Luckanatinakorn KCG
19 FW Thatsanai Phuangrot Team Thailand
15 FW Thanachai Sakchaicharoenkul Team Thailand
4 FW Rakchai Sukwiboon Ice Breakers
6 FW Nakrit Sutivijitho Bangkok Warriors

All-time record against other nations

Updated as of 11 February 2025[5]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 29 0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 3 0 0 17 11
 China 2 0 0 2 2 32
 Chinese Taipei 13 2 0 11 37 83
 Georgia 1 0 0 1 0 10
 Hong Kong 9 6 0 3 44 32
 India 2 2 0 0 43 0
 Indonesia 2 2 0 0 26 0
 Japan 3 0 0 3 3 62
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 1 64
 Kuwait 10 10 0 0 81 16
 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 1 18 19
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 16 3
 Macau 5 5 0 0 27 6
 Malaysia 10 8 1 1 102 22
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Mongolia 10 4 0 6 37 46
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 1 23
 Philippines 3 2 0 1 21 10
 Singapore 9 8 0 1 82 4
 South Africa 4 3 0 1 18 13
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 10
 Spain 1 0 0 1 2 15
 Turkmenistan 2 1 0 1 16 9
 United Arab Emirates 13 3 0 10 39 58
Total 113 62 1 50 667 548

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Ice Rinks in Thailand - Thai Ice Hockey Magazine". www.thaihockey.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Ice Hockey in Thailand". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 28 April 2023.